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You all know this is BS right? You get half a season for $50. Last year the whole year package was $160. Basically the NHL is offering you a $30 discount.

Not to mention all the games you won't get, which is like 148 games of good quality opponents facing off against each other, and that doesn't include your regional team schedule. I hope for a day when blackouts will be a thing of the past, and the argument of "I'm getting rid of cable or dish" will be valued to sports fans as it is to other people.

Not to mention all the games you won't get, which is like 148 games of good quality opponents facing off against each other, and that doesn't include your regional team schedule. I hope for a day when blackouts will be a thing of the past, and the argument of "I'm getting rid of cable or dish" will be valued to sports fans as it is to other people.

Why would networks hand over millions of dollars if the games could be viewed elsewhere?

Why would networks hand over millions of dollars if the games could be viewed elsewhere?

Maybe NHL Network should have spent the money improving themselves as a network, like HAVING OFFSEASON PROGRAMMING. I understand blackouts, but to blackout every game that's on NHL Network is really dumb, especially since GCL and NHL Network ran by the same people (I think).

As for why networks would have millions of dollars for games that could be viewed elsewhere, why does NBC offer internet streaming than? Why can't they stream the NHL Sports Network game?

As for a better question, why would I pay what the NHL is asking for when I know a lot of the games I would want to see are already on national TV. I'm a hockey fan, living in the Bay Area so I already have blacked out sharks games. As for the other games, there's no way in hell I would see a Caps/Pens game on GCL because it's blacked out.

In terms of the whole argument regarding cable and being a sports fan, it is almost like cable companies hold sports fans hostage the most. They know you'll ingest what they bring you, so there are no OPTIONS for the consumer. You pay, or shut up. I just wish there was a suitable compromise in this situation but of course there won't be.

called my provider (cogeco) and they said they were clueless and haven't heard anything... doesn't mean it's not happening, but first time the CSR heard anything about this was me today.

NHL just make gamecenter free for the year and screw the telecom companies.

Bettman confirms that the NHL CAN'T give away Center Ice

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“We have partners in that business, so we don’t have the luxury of just giving it away,” he said. “What we’re trying to do is get it to a place where we think it’s certainly a very good offer, but it’s something that the business partners … can live with.”

Pricing for NHL Center Ice will be $49.99 for the season, if you're ordering from an inDEMAND system. For DirecTV users, it will be $59.96, broken down into four payments of $14.99. A free preview can be seen from opening night on Jan. 19 until Jan. 31.

GameCenter Live will be $49.99, streamable via your computer and various devices like Playstation 3, XBOX 360, Roku, smartphones and tablets.

Because the entirety of the NHL playoffs in the U.S. are now broadcast via NBC's networks, all subscriptions for Center Ice and GameCenter Live will include just the regular season.

Pricing for NHL Center Ice will be $49.99 for the season, if you're ordering from an inDEMAND system. For DirecTV users, it will be $59.96, broken down into four payments of $14.99. A free preview can be seen from opening night on Jan. 19 until Jan. 31.

GameCenter Live will be $49.99, streamable via your computer and various devices like Playstation 3, XBOX 360, Roku, smartphones and tablets.

Because the entirety of the NHL playoffs in the U.S. are now broadcast via NBC's networks, all subscriptions for Center Ice and GameCenter Live will include just the regular season.

Free? Does anybody really get TSN, TSN2, NBCSN, or NHL Network for free? Of your list, I am pretty sure that only CBC and NBC are free.

I had to buy the "sports package" or something like that for Verizon Fios in order to get NHL Network, which I believe costs me an extra $15-20 per month. Basically, I pay $20 each month just for NHL Network since I never watch the other channels included.

Pricing for NHL Center Ice will be $49.99 for the season, if you're ordering from an inDEMAND system. For DirecTV users, it will be $59.96, broken down into four payments of $14.99. A free preview can be seen from opening night on Jan. 19 until Jan. 31.

GameCenter Live will be $49.99, streamable via your computer and various devices like Playstation 3, XBOX 360, Roku, smartphones and tablets.

Because the entirety of the NHL playoffs in the U.S. are now broadcast via NBC's networks, all subscriptions for Center Ice and GameCenter Live will include just the regular season.